Focus on events to remember the fallen
Full list of Remembrance services
As the 100th anniversary of the Armistice approaches, we spotlight the various services and events taking place to honour the fallen.
EAST AYTON
St John the Baptist Church, Sunday November 11 at 10am: Special service to remember those that gave their lives for others. This will be conducted by the vicar’s wife Elizabeth Moreland.
Following the service a twominute silence will be at 11am at the War Memorial, which is in the grounds of the church, a roll call of all those listed on the memorial then the laying of a laurel wreath by Lady Downe.This represents the wreaths that were used in 1918. Lady Downe follows in her late husband’s grandfather’s footsteps, when he laid a laurel wreath in 1920 at the war memorial dedication. Then poppy wreaths will be laid by representatives of East and West Ayton Parish Councils. FILEY
Sunday November 11, 9.30am – service at St Oswald’s Church, Church Hill, followed by parade to the Memorial Garden on Murray Street for remembrance, the laying of wreaths and two minutes silence at 11.00am. Sunday November 11 , 5.30pm – torchlight parade from Filey Bus Station to the Memorial Garden on Murray Street for a short remembrance event. People are requested to arrive at the Bus Station by 5.15pm. Battery powered light batons will be handed out free of charge to the first 200 people, who will have the opportunity to make a donation to The Royal British Legion. PICKERING AND THORNTON LE DALE Sunday November 11 Wreath laying ceremony at the Cenotaph in Thornton le Dale starting at 10:40am.
10am Eucharist at St Peter and St Paul’s Church, Pickering, will include a Centennial Act of Remembrance. The official Pickering memorial stone is within the church. Two-minute silence will be held at the top of Pickering Market Place, gathering at 10.45am. 2pm: Remembrance Day service at St Peter and St Paul’s Church. Followed by a parade to the Memorial Hall ending in a short service and wreath laying ceremony. SCARBOROUGH
Sunday November 4, noon – laying of crosses in the Garden of Remembrance, Alma Square. Saturday November 10, 6pm - Royal Albert Hall-style centenary service, Grand Hall, Scarborough Spa. This is a free, ticketed only event. Tickets are available from Scarborough Spa box office (small admin fee applies for printing and postage). Sunday November 11, 9.30am – moving service of remembrance at Queen Street Methodist Hall involving the joining together and blessing of standards and wreaths, a drumhead ceremony and poppies falling during the silence period. Followed at 10.35am by a parade to the Lifeboat House, Foreshore Road and the laying of wreaths on the sea. Sunday November 11, 11am – annual Royal British Legion remembrance service, Oliver’s Mount war memorial. SEAMER
Sunday November 11, Seamer and Irton War Memorial Hall, from 10.45am. Service of Remembrance and also marking the centenary of the signing of the Armistice in 1918. The Memorial Rolls dedicated in 1923 have been updated to include those who fell in the World War 1939-45 with additional names to the list of the fallen from World War One. They will be rededicated by the Rev Andrew Moreland.
The service of Remembrance will be led by the Rev Richard Firth from St Martin’s Church, with the Rev Mary Jackman from Seamer Methodist Church. There will be representatives of the local uniformed organisations.
Everyone is invited to attend. At 12.30pm, it is hoped that the bells of St Martin’s Church will join the national commemoration of the centenary of the Armistice when bells will ring out in unison from churches and cathedrals in villages, towns and cities across the country. WHITBY
Sunday November 11, 10.15am – armistice commemoration at the War Memorial, Dock End. Sunday November 11, 2.30pm – remembrance service at St Mary’s Church.
Armistice Day: Things to do
Fallen Leaves, Spotlight Theatre, West Street, Bridlington, Tuesday November 6 at 7.30pm; East Riding Theatre, Beverley, Friday November 9 to Sunday November 11, daily at 7.30pm. The show, comprising a cavalcade of sketches, songs, letters and other material which tell the stories of six real people from Yorkshire, three men and three women, who were alive in 1918, examines the effect of the war on them and its impact on society and the world because of that war.
Tickets on door. The Songs our Soldiers Sang, Woodend, The Cresent, Scarborough, Friday November 9 and Saturday November 10, daily at 7.30pm.
An hour-long programme of songs, poems and readings marking the centenary of the 1918 Armistice ending the Great War. With Kathryn Irwin, Matt Stradling and Tim Tubbs. Tickets: 01723 384500. A Salute to the 1940s, YMCA Theatre, St Thomas Street, Scarborough, Thursday November 8 at 2pm.
The ultimate wartime variety show with a special commemoration to the artists of the two World Wars. Tributes to Vera Lynn, Frank Sinatra, Andrews Sisters, George Formby, Gracie Fields and World War One stars Marie Lloyd and Harry Lauder. Tickets: 01723 506750. Variety Show, Ayton Village Hall, Friday November 9 at 7pm. Featuring Chris Myers, local artistes and in the fashion of the variety shows of the early 1900s.
Audience can dress in that era. Compere is John Hazelwood who is well known for his wit and ability to make the whole evening memorable. Tickets cost £7, and are on sale at the Derwent Valley Bridge Library, Pickering Road, West Ayton. They Shall Not Grow Old, 15, Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough, Monday November 12 at 7.45pm and Tuesday November 13 at 2.45pm.
Using state of the art technology to restore original archival footage which is more than 100 years old, Peter Jackson brings to life the people who can best tell this story: the men who were there. Using the voices of the men involved, the film explores the reality of war on the front line; their attitudes to the conflict; how they ate; slept and formed friendships. Tickets: 01723 370541. World War One Centenary Exhibition, Scarborough Maritime Heritage Centre, Eastborough, from now until Sunday December 23. Volunteers have brought together as much information as they can find on the 841 names engraved on the Oliver’s Mount war memorial. Find out more about the men, women and children who lost their lives.
On Sunday November 11, volunteers will have a memorial candle lit from 11am to 4pm. During the exhibition a screen in the window scrolls the names of those lost in the war.
Open 11am to 4pm, Wednesday to Sunday, entry is free. 1,568 Sawdust Hearts, Woodend, The Crescent, Scarborough, from Saturday November 3 to Friday November 30. There will be 1,568 embroidered hearts on show. Each one represents a day of World War One. The hearts were inspired by the Sweetheart Pincushions, which were pinned by soldiers as part of their convalescence. Artist Helen Birmingham sent out 1,568 heart kits to crafters across the country and is now displaying them throughout this month. All are on the theme of the Great War and all are different, though many include poppies, Union Jacks and tributes to family members.
Woodend is open Monday to Friday from 9am to 5pm and Saturday and Sunday from 10am to 4pm. Entry is free. World War 1 Centenary Exhibition, Three Works Gallery, South Street, Scarborough, from Friday November 2 to Thursday December 13. Drawings and paintings by nine artists: John Abell, Nichollas Hamper, Rae Hicks, Phil King, Miroslav Pomichal, Mateusz Sarzynski, Babette Semmer, Chris Shaw and Stephen West. Artist and gallery owner Chris Shaw said: “The artists were each commissioned to do a piece. I sent them all a large sheet of newsprint and they were asked to respond in black medium only - oil, ink, charcoal. The paper is very fragile which I think makes the drawings and paintings they’ve made very poignant.”
The exhibition is dedicated to Leonard Ellis who was killed on the site during the Scarborough Bombardment of December 1914. Entry free. World War One exhibition, Ayton Village Hall, Wilsons Lane, East Ayton, Sunday November 11 at noon.
An exhibition of photos and local information about Wykeham Abbey which became a hospital in World War One, the Airfield especially built for the war effort and the railway system. Pictures of the local area will be on the screen.
People will be invited to record their memories and the Family History Group will help you find your family tree and maybe a relative who was in war. 100 Thank Yous, St Matthew’s Church, Hutton Buscel, throughout November.
One hundred hand-crafted ceramic poppies made by members of Hutton Buscel Artists will be on display in the churchyard. You can sponsor a poppy for £10 each with proceeds going to the Royal British Legion.
Message of thanks will be displayed on a little plaque next to the chosen poppy. Supporters will have a choice of purple poppies to represent the animals lost during the two World Wars, white poppies to represent peace, and red poppies as a sign of remembrance for the loss of men and women in war time. Hutton Buscel Artist member Shirley Doyle said: “We have really enjoyed producing the project, which will benefit not just the village, but also the whole community, with what is slowly becoming a stunning sea of poppies.
“We hope supporters really get behind it and reserve themselves a poppy. To see it illuminated after dark is just stunning, we are really pleased with what we have achieved.”
All supporters get to keep their chosen ceramic poppies.
If you would like to sponsor a ceramic poppy contact either Jan Jennings on 01723 865752 or Stasia Valentine on 01723 865420. Laying of Crosses, Alma Square, Scarborough, Sunday November 4 at noon.
Laying of crosses in remembrance and commemoration of World War One. Yorkshire Coast Remembers, Scarborough, Saturday November 10. Lantern parade followed by a grand Royal Albert Hall-style centenary service in the Grand Hall at Scarborough Spa. As part of the parade, 100 illuminated poppy lanterns will be carried from the Grand Hotel in St Nicholas Cliff at 5pm to Scarborough Spa in time for the start of the service at 6pm. The parade will include standard bearers, veterans, cadets and members of the community involved in decorating the lanterns. The service will include performances by the York and Dishforth Military Wives Choirs, Tony Peers Singers and Scarborough Concert Band. Help for Heroes Ball, Crown Hotel, Scarborough, Saturday November 10.
Tickets include a welcome drink, three-course meal with live music provided by the Mixtapes.
There will be a professional photographer and an appearance from the Hero Bear as well as an Ambassador from Help for Heroes. Grand charity auction hosted by Angus Ashworth of Ryedale Auctioneers. Lots to bid on include days out at the races, a framed print by Robert Fuller, a mini break and family days out. There will also be a raffle. Tickets can be found on Eventbrite or call 07870811315.